Prejudice is Ignorance

This was what Michael Jackson said when he was accused of several disgusting issues which were found to be untrue.

I agree. Very much.
I know God did not create humans to judge one another for who he is and what he is doing nor make a pre-judgment.

But the human eyes and tongue are the most sinister and sinful among our body parts- the brain being its "mastermind"

What we see and think passes to our mouth and some people do not, if not often,
filter the words coming out of their "big mouth"

Just like earlier when Senator Noynoy Aquino announced his decision to run for Presidency, people started giving comments. good and bad. And I noticed a very particular action. When it comes to giving good comments, there are people who are very hesitant. And when they do speak, they are very reserve with their words. Is it envy? Do they allow envy to reside in their hearts and control them from showering the person with pleasant words? Then, of course there are also the critics- people who are not ashamed to voice out their opinion no matter how harsh it may sound, no matter how hurtful it will be to the person hearing it. Voicing out our opinion- the so called Freedom of speech - how important is it? Does it matter so much and needed to be expressed in such a way that there will be a person or people who will get hurt? Or is the primary intention is to hurt and discourage the person?

The Senator was criticized for his speech. A lot of people most especially those in the radio made a comment that it was not the speech they expected. It was not delivered powerfully and if it will be compared to his father, it will fall short.
Two men said he talked like a fifth grader and the speech was for a fifth grader. Maybe he talked to us like that because our brain works like a fifth grader. We can't even understand a simple word like "CHANGE".

Yes, the speech is simple BUT CLEAR. short but COMPLETE. Not powerful? Can we really tell if it is not? What if there are people in their homes touched by his words.

My reader might think I am pro-Noynoy and that I am biased.

Maybe I am. Maybe I am not.

But I think it is time for us to stop acting like a prejudice. It is just one speech.
What help can that attitude do?

One thing I learned in life, a person's character cannot be fully determined with the way he talks. A person may not be a good speaker, but he can be a good doer.
I once heard before that what comes out of our mouth are feelings bursting from our heart. But, what about liars? There are those who can speak well...but half of the words are lies. Even Satan is a good speaker - that's why he can deceive.

Bottom line, we can't really judge a person on one aspect. And it is very wrong to have a ready judgment on things, places and people when we lack knowledge about them.

Germans are said to be harsh
Japanese are said to be rude
Chinese are said to be cheaters.

Who can really tell? Unless you've been to their country and get to know a few people.

The worst thing on having a prejudiced thought and voicing it out is you end up being the liar at the end of the day.





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